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- British_Rail abstract "British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the \"Big Four\" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission, it became an independent statutory corporation in 1962: the British Railways Board.The period of nationalisation saw sweeping changes in the national railway network. A process of dieselisation and electrification took place, and in 1968 steam locomotion had been entirely replaced by diesel and electric traction, except for one narrow-gauge tourist line. Passengers replaced freight as the main source of business, and one third of the network was closed by the Beeching Axe of the 1960s.On privatisation, responsibility for track, signalling and stations was transferred to Railtrack (which was later brought under public control as Network Rail) and that for trains to the train operating companies.The British Rail \"double arrow\" logo is formed of two interlocked arrows showing the direction of travel on a double track railway and was nicknamed \"the arrow of indecision\". It is now employed as a generic symbol on street signs in Great Britain denoting railway stations, and as part of the Association of Train Operating Companies' (ATOC) jointly-managed National Rail brand is still being printed on railway tickets.".
- British_Rail division Freightliner_Group.
- British_Rail division InterCity_(British_Rail).
- British_Rail division Network_SouthEast.
- British_Rail division Rail_Express_Systems.
- British_Rail division Railfreight_Distribution.
- British_Rail division Regional_Railways.
- British_Rail division Trainload_Freight.
- British_Rail extinctionYear "2001".
- British_Rail fate "Privatised".
- British_Rail foundingDate "1948-01-01".
- British_Rail foundingYear "1948".
- British_Rail industry Freight_transport.
- British_Rail industry Logistics.
- British_Rail industry Rail_transport.
- British_Rail industry Rolling_stock_manufacturer.
- British_Rail keyPerson Gerry_Fiennes.
- British_Rail keyPerson Peter_Parker_(British_businessman).
- British_Rail keyPerson Robert_Riddles.
- British_Rail locationCity London.
- British_Rail locationCountry United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail owner Government_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail owningCompany Government_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail parentCompany British_Railways_Board.
- British_Rail parentCompany British_Transport_Commission.
- British_Rail predecessor Great_Western_Railway.
- British_Rail predecessor London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway.
- British_Rail predecessor London_and_North_Eastern_Railway.
- British_Rail predecessor Southern_Railway_(UK).
- British_Rail product Cargo.
- British_Rail product Rail_transport.
- British_Rail product Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy.
- British_Rail regionServed Northern_Ireland.
- British_Rail subsidiary British_Rail_Engineering_Limited.
- British_Rail subsidiary British_Rail_Research_Division.
- British_Rail subsidiary British_Transport_Hotels.
- British_Rail subsidiary Red_Star_Parcels.
- British_Rail subsidiary Sealink.
- British_Rail subsidiary Seaspeed.
- British_Rail successor Association_of_Train_Operating_Companies.
- British_Rail successor DB_Schenker_Rail_(UK).
- British_Rail successor Freightliner_Group.
- British_Rail successor National_Rail.
- British_Rail successor Railtrack.
- British_Rail thumbnail GBR_rail_passengers_by_year_1830-2015.png?width=300.
- British_Rail type State-owned_enterprise.
- British_Rail wikiPageExternalLink britrail.htm.
- British_Rail wikiPageExternalLink www.brb.gov.uk.
- British_Rail wikiPageID "4385".
- British_Rail wikiPageLength "50526".
- British_Rail wikiPageOutDegree "342".
- British_Rail wikiPageRevisionID "707844733".
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Abellio_Greater_Anglia.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Abellio_ScotRail.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Aberdare.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Achievement_(heraldry).
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Airdrie-Bathgate_Rail_Link.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Anglia_Railways.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Argyle_Line.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Arriva_Trains_Merseyside.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Arriva_Trains_Northern.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Arriva_Trains_Wales.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Art_Deco.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Associated_Society_of_Locomotive_Engineers_and_Firemen.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Association_of_Train_Operating_Companies.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Aylesbury_Vale_Parkway_railway_station.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink BRB_(Residuary)_Limited.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Barbed_wire.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Beeching_cuts.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Bicester_Military_Railway.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Big_Four_(British_railway_companies).
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Birmingham.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Borders_Railway.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Boulogne-sur-Mer.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Brian_Robertson,_1st_Baron_Robertson_of_Oakridge.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Brierley_Hill.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_Class_99.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_Engineering_Limited.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_Research_Division.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_Telecommunications.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_brand_names.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_corporate_liveries.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_flying_saucer.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_locomotive_and_multiple_unit_numbering_and_classification.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Rail_sandwich.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Railways_Board.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Transport_Commission.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Transport_Hotels.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_Transport_Police.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink British_carriage_and_wagon_numbering_and_classification.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink C2c.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Calais.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Cardiff_Central_railway_station.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Cargo.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Caroline_Lucas.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Category:1948_establishments_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_Rail.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_railway_companies_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Former_nationalised_industries_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_Rail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Railway_companies_established_in_1948.